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Photo#216142
beetle larva?

beetle larva?
Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois, USA
August 19, 2008
Size: .5 inch
Found on river birch leaf

Moved
Moved from Leaf Beetles.

Does look like a cassidine. S
Does look like a cassidine. Strange place for the larva unless it was looking for a place to pupate. Also strange is the fact that it is missing the fecal covering so often seen on the furcula.

I am no expert
but this reminds me of a tortoise beetle larva.

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